Building the future by recruiting a diverse work force, developing talent
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, conversations about the past, present and future of MDOT’s Transportation Diversity Recruitmen...
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The Talking Michigan Transportation podcast features conversations with transportation experts inside and outside MDOT and will touch on anything and everything related to mobility, including rail, transit and the development of connected and automated vehicles.
In the year 2045, what will transportation look like in Michigan?
On this edition of the Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, Brad Sharlow, point person on MDOT’s state long-range transportation plan, talks about...
Reopening a major freeway after a tanker fire
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation, a conversation with Adam Wayne, a construction engineer in the Michigan Department of Transportation’s...
More bond sales fuel Rebuilding Michigan
A year after the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) sold the first group, or tranche, of bonds in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's $3.5 billion ...
Rethinking a Detroit freeway and honoring the past
On the latest Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, a conversation about the ongoing process to rethink the 1-mile I-375 freeway in Detroit and con...
So this is what they mean by building resilience into roads and bridges
After a deluge that caused flooding across Metro Detroit and overwhelmed power sources for pumps that help remove water from freeways, there are a lot...
Pandemic brought more severe crashes, a decline in seat belt use, and a disproportionate toll on Black and indigenous people
This week, a discussion about more evidence that the severity of highway crashes increased during the pandemic, seat belt use declined, and the number...
Earmarks are back, which Michigan projects will make the cut?
This week, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee began debating a $547 billion highway bill, which, among other things, resurrect...
Sen. Gary Peters makes his case for the Biden infrastructure plan
This week, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters joins the podcast to talk about his advocacy for President Biden’s comprehensive infrastructure proposal, The America...
As the pandemic wanes, will tourists return to Michigan roads?
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation podcast, Dave Lorenz, vice president of Travel Michigan, talks about what tourism industry officials ex...